Rhipsalis

Gaertn

◊◊ De Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1:137 (1788) nom. cons.
Hariota Ad pp - Fam. Pl. 2:243 (1763)
Cassyt(h)a Mill (1771) non L 1753 - Gard. dict. ed. 8 (1768)
Lepismium Pfeiff pp - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315,380 (1835)
Erythrorhipsalis Berg - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 30:4 (1920)
Type: Rhipsalis cassutha Gaertn (= Rhipsalis baccifera (Mill)Stearn)

- Epiphytic, sometimes terrestric. Usually pendant, sometimes with aerial roots. Branches cylindrical to angled or flattened. Areoles with scales, naked or with hair and/or bristles. Day flowering with usually small flowers. These are mostly more or less white, seldom deeply coloured. Receptacle incspicuous. Fruit globose to somewhat more oblong, not veined.

- South and Central America, Caribbean, Florida, South Mexico, also Africa, Mascarenes and Ceylon.

Cact. 4:219
Frst&Rmpl 878
Backeberg 2:643
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477-500 (1925)
An. Prim. Reun. Sul-Amer. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3:5-30 (1940)
CSJ(USA) 33:11
Succulenta 61(8):176, (10):225; 67(7-8):152; 96(6):270"
Adansonia 12:433-445 (1972)
Bradleya 4:65; 13:43-79
Bravo 1: 525, 526'
Ritter 1:36-40
KuaS (6):86-89; (7):114-117; (11):187-189; 13(5):65-68"; 23(2):49-51; 25(4):86"; 50(10):242
Epiphytes 8-32:86-90; 11-43:66; 12-46:31
EPIG 9(4):131-140; 10(1):3-12; 11(1):14-20
Cacti of Eastern Brazil 225-228
NCL 253
CEB 205